District reform of Thuringia 1994

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District reform in Thuringia 1994 Colored areas: old districts, license plates in black letters
Black borders: new districts, vehicle license plates in red letters

During the district reform in Thuringia on July 1, 1994, the districts and independent cities in the Free State of Thuringia were restructured. The number of rural districts was reduced from 35 to 17 and the urban districts were enlarged by integrating surrounding communities. The district of Nordhausen was the only district that remained unchanged during this district reform .

Legislative process

After the re-establishment of the state of Thuringia on October 3, 1990, the state consisted of 35 rural districts and 5 independent cities. Of the total of 1707 municipalities, which differed greatly in terms of population and size, 916 had fewer than 500 inhabitants. Shortly afterwards, the realization took hold that the existing structure did not do justice to the tasks of municipal services of general interest.

Therefore, the planning of the reorganization started in April 1992. On the basis of the proposals of an expert commission of the Ministry of the Interior as well as the statements of the districts and municipalities, a draft law was drawn up and passed by the state parliament on July 15, 1993 as a law for the reorganization of the districts and independent cities in Thuringia (ThürNGG) . The law came into force on July 1, 1994.

Old counties

District /
urban district 		Area
in km² 		Inhabitants
(1989) 		Inhabitants
per km² 		License
plate 		new circle
Altenburg district 345 101,749 295 ABG Altenburg district
Apolda district 243 48.161 198 APD Weimar-Land district
Arnstadt district 502 65,405 130 ARN Ilm district, partly to the district of Gotha
Artern district 473 54,274 115 ART Kyffhäuserkreis, partly to Sömmerda district
Bad Salzungen district 622 89,168 143 SLZ Wartburg district
Eisenach district 708 113,832 161 ESA Wartburg district
Eisenberg district 242 33,316 138 ICE Holzlandkreis
District of Erfurt 535 47,108 88 EF Sömmerda district, partly to the independent city of Erfurt, Gotha district, Ilm district, Weimar-Land district
Erfurt 106 217.035 2048 EF enlarged
District of Gera 470 57,418 122 G District of Greiz, partly to the independent city of Gera
Gera 78 132.257 1695 G enlarged
District of Gotha 768 142,325 185 GTH District of Gotha
District of Greiz 228 54,971 241 GRZ District of Greiz
District of Heiligenstadt 385 42,843 111 HIG Eichsfeld district
Hildburghausen district 697 58,608 84 HBN Hildburghausen district
District of Ilmenau 347 67,912 196 IL Ilm district, partially independent city of Suhl
District of Jena 367 33,679 92 J Wood district, partly to the independent city of Jena, district of Weimar-Land
Jena 59 105,825 1794 J enlarged
Langensalza district 507 45,962 91 LSZ Unstrut-Hainich district, partly to the Wartburg district and the district of Gotha
Lobenstein district 356 28,525 80 LBS Saale-Orla district, partly to Schwarza district
District of Meiningen 705 69,084 98 MGN District of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, partly to the district of Hildburghausen
Mühlhausen district 574 90,497 158 MHL Unstrut-Hainich district
Neuhaus am Rennweg district 321 37,212 116 NH District of Sonneberg, partly part of the Schwarza district
Nordhausen district 714 108,457 152 NDH unchanged
Pößneck district 411 52.503 128 PN Saale-Orla district, partly to Schwarza district
Rudolstadt district 469 67,636 144 RU Schwarza circle
District of Saalfeld 337 58,605 174 SLF Schwarza circle
Schleiz district 455 31,929 70 SCZ Saale-Orla district
Schmalkalden district 406 64,552 159 SM Schmalkalden-Meiningen district
District of Schmölln 224 31,607 141 SLN Altenburg district
Sömmerda district 556 65,735 118 SÖM Sömmerda district
Sondershausen district 598 53,806 90 SDH Kyffhäuserkreis, partly to Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
Sonneberg district 306 57,854 189 SON Sonneberg district
District of Stadtroda 272 32,821 121 SRO Holzlandkreis
District of Suhl 387 44,756 116 SHL Hildburghausen district, partly to the independent city of Suhl, Schmalkalden-Meiningen district, Ilm district
Suhl 66 56,125 850 SHL enlarged
Weimar district 543 44,627 82 WE Weimar-Land district, partly to the independent city of Weimar
Weimar 51 61,583 1208 WE enlarged
District of Worbis 558 75,521 135 WBS Eichsfeld district
Zeulenroda district 263 38,594 147 ZR District of Greiz

Source: Statistical Yearbook of the GDR, Volume 1990 (pp. 3 to 6)

New counties

Holzlandkreis

The wood district with the district town of Eisenberg was newly formed from:

Ilm district

The Ilm district with the district town of Arnstadt was newly formed from:

  • the previous district of Arnstadt with the exception of the municipality of Crawinkel
  • the previous district of Ilmenau with the exception of the municipality of Vesser
  • the community of Gehlberg from the previous district of Suhl
  • the municipality of Rockhausen and the district of Bechstedt-Wagd of the municipality of Egstedt from the previous district of Erfurt

Kyffhäuserkreis

The Kyffhäuserkreis with the district town Sondershausen was newly formed from:

  • the previous district of Artern with the exception of the communities of Bilzingsleben and Kannawurf
  • the previous district of Sondershausen with the exception of the community of Zaunröden

Eichsfeld district

The district of Eichsfeld with the district town of Heilbad Heiligenstadt was newly formed from:

  • the previous district of Heiligenstadt
  • the previous district of Worbis

Altenburg district

The district of Altenburg with the district town of Altenburg was newly formed from:

  • the previous district of Altenburg
  • the previous district of Schmölln

District of Gotha

The district of Gotha with the district town of Gotha was newly formed from:

District of Greiz

The district of Greiz with the district town of Greiz was newly formed from:

Hildburghausen district

The district of Hildburghausen with the district town of Hildburghausen was newly formed from:

  • the previous district of Hildburghausen
  • the main part of the district of Suhl
  • the communities of Haina, Mendhausen, Milz, Römhild and Westenfeld of the previous district of Meiningen

District of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

The district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt with the district town of Saalfeld was newly formed from:

Schmalkalden-Meiningen district

The district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen with the district town of Meiningen was newly formed from:

Sömmerda district

The district of Sömmerda with the district town of Sömmerda was newly formed from:

  • the previous district of Sömmerda
  • the communities of Bilzingsleben and Kannawurf from the previous district of Artern
  • the main part of the previous district of Erfurt

Sonneberg district

The district of Sonneberg with the district town of Sonneberg was newly formed from:

  • the previous district of Neuhaus am Rennweg with the exception of the municipalities of Buchbach, Cursdorf, Deesbach, Gebersdorf, Gräfenthal, Großneundorf, Katzhütte, Lichte, Lichtenhain / Bergbahn, Lichtenhain bei Graefenthal, Lippelsdorf, Mellenbach-Glasbach, Meura, Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle, Oberweißbach, Piesau, Reichmannsdorf, Schmiedefeld and Unterweißbach
  • the previous district of Sonneberg

Weimarer Land district

The district of Weimarer Land with the district town of Apolda was newly formed from:

Saale-Orla district

The Saale-Orla district with the district town Schleiz was newly formed from:

  • the previous district of Lobenstein with the exception of the communities Brennersgrün, Lehesten, Lothra, Röttersdorf and Schmiedebach
  • the previous district of Pößneck with the exception of the municipality of Lausnitz near Pößneck
  • the previous Schleiz district

Unstrut-Hainich district

The Unstrut-Hainich district with the district town of Mühlhausen / Thuringia was newly formed from:

  • the previous district of Langensalza with the exception of the communities of Behringen, Burgtonna, Craula, Gräfentonna, Reichenbach, Tüngeda and Wolfsbehringen
  • the previous district of Mühlhausen
  • the community of Zaunröden from the previous district of Sondershausen

Wartburg district

The Wartburg district with the district town of Bad Salzungen was newly formed from:

At the same time, the incorporation of Lerchenberg , Hötzelsroda , Neuenhof-Hörschel , Stedtfeld , Stockhausen and Wartha-Göringen into the city of Eisenach was completed, which thereby acquired the status of a large district city ; Eisenach did not gain district freedom until January 1, 1998.

Extended independent cities

Erfurt

The municipalities of Alach , Ermstedt and Frienstedt from the district of Erfurt were incorporated into the independent city of Erfurt on April 1, 1994 . On July 1, 1994 came Büßleben , Egstedt (without the Bechstedt-Wagd district, which was reclassified to Kirchheim on June 30, 1974 ), Kerspleben , Kühnhausen , Linderbach-Azmannsdorf , Mittelhausen , Molsdorf , Niedernissa , Schwerborn , Stotternheim , Tiefthal , Vieselbach , Waltersleben and Windischholzhausen from the previous district of Erfurt was added. On October 12, 1994, Töttelstedt followed , which last belonged to the Sömmerda district.

Gera

On April 1, 1994, the municipalities of Aga , Cretzschwitz , Falka , Hermsdorf , Roben and Söllmnitz from the Gera district were incorporated into the independent city of Gera . On July 1, 1994, the communities of Hain , Röpsen , Thränitz , Trebnitz and Weißig and the Naulitz district of the city of Ronneburg from the previous district of Gera were added.

Jena

On April 1, 1994, the municipalities of Drackendorf and Maua from the district of Jena were incorporated into the independent city of Jena . On July 1, 1994, the communities of Cospeda , Isserstedt , Jenaprießnitz , Krippendorf , Kunitz and Münchenroda from the previous district of Jena were added.

Suhl

The municipalities of Albrechts , Dietzhausen and Wichtshausen from the district of Suhl and the municipality of Vesser from the district of Ilmenau were incorporated into the independent city of Suhl on April 1, 1994 .

Weimar

On April 1, 1994, the municipalities of Gelmeroda , Niedergrunstedt , Possendorf and Taubach from the Weimar district were incorporated into the independent city of Weimar . Süßenborn followed on April 14, 1994 . Gaberndorf , Legefeld and Tröbsdorf were added on July 1, 1994 from the previous district of Weimar.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Digi-Zeitschriften: Statistisches Jahrbuch der DDR, Volume 1990 , accessed on December 1, 2018 - also as a PDF file (1 MB) [1]